Contents. Album information In 1993, Prince wanted to release, the debut album by his band but refused and instead decided to finally release the greatest hits collection they had wanted to release two years earlier when Prince instead got released.

• Prince B Side Songs

Discs one and two were released separately, under the titles and respectively, but disc could only be obtained by purchasing the full set. The separate Hits discs and the full set were all released on the same day. Most of the songs on The Hits/The B-Sides are represented in their edited single form. Exceptions to this were ', ', ', ', ', and '. This compilation marks the first time the single version of ' was made available on. The third disc of B-sides also featured the 7' edits, with the exceptions of '200 Balloons', ', ', 'Horny Toad', 'Irresistible Bitch', 'I Love U in Me', 'God', and ' which were all original full-length recordings from the original singles.

On November 22 a new Prince greatest hits album Prince4Ever will be released via NPG Records/Warner Bros. The 40-song collection features the previously unreleased track “Moonbeam. While it isn't a truly comprehensive set, Prince's singles collection does contain most of his biggest hits. The two volumes are available separately or packaged together with a third disc of B-sides; apart from the glorious 'Erotic City,' the flip sides are only of interest to devoted fans.

Among the previously unreleased material was the rare live version of ', only previously released in a 1985 TV broadcast for the concerts. Also included was a live version of ', recorded live January 27, 1992, at Paisley Park with. The other four new tracks were. The oldest track was 'Power Fantastic', a moody ballad once considered for the project of 1986.

Another ballad, 'Pink Cashmere', was broadcast before some of the shows, dating it back to 1988 originally for his abandoned project. 'Peach' and 'Pope' were more recent, and both were played live during some 1993 after shows. 'Pope' was actually in the short-lived musical, which also spawned several songs later released on and. Live jams of 'Peach' often extended into the title track of. While Prince had very little interest in the project, he insisted that his longtime manager write the liner notes instead of journalist Neal Karlen. According to Prince biographer Per Nilsen, the record company paid Prince to not get involved with the making of this compilation. Commercial performance In the United States the album debuted at number 19 on the the week of October 2, 1993 with more than 87,000 copies sold combining the two abbreviated versions, Hits 1 and Hits 2, the last two debuted at numbers 46 and 55, respectively, the same week.

The next week, the album dropped to number thirty two on the chart. It was present on the chart for eighteen weeks. The week following Prince's death, the album sold 40,000 equivalent copies (24,000 in pure album sales) thus allowing the album to re-enter the Billboard 200 at number 6. The next week it sold 106,000 units and hit a new peak of four on the chart. The album was certified platinum by the on September 14, 1993 for shipments of one million. As of April 2016 Hits 1 has sold 1,451,000 copies and Hits 2 sold 1,738,000 units according to, combined, they sold over 3,189,000 copies in the United States.

In the the album debuted and peaked at number four the week of September 25, 1993, the next week it fell off to number twelve and remained on the chart for eighteen weeks. Hits 1 debuted and peaked at number five on September 25, 1993 while Hits 2 opened at number six the same weeks and two weeks later it reached and peaked at number five. The Hits/The B Sides was certified gold by the on July 22, 2013 denoting shipments of 100,000 units.

Prince. Chris Moon (1978) 3:03 4. ' Prince (1979) 3:25 5.

' Prince Prince 3:48 6. ' Prince (1980) 3:43 7. ' (single edit) Prince Dirty Mind 4:09 8. ' (performed by Prince and The Revolution) Prince Purple Rain 4:39 9.

' (single edit; performed by Prince and The Revolution) Prince (1982) 3:37 10. ' (single edit) Prince (1987) 3:40 11. ' (live; performed by Prince and The New Power Generation featuring ) Prince Previously unreleased 4:58 12. ' (edited version) Prince Sign o' the Times 4:41 13. ' Prince Previously unreleased 6:15 14.

' Prince (1988) 5:39 15. ' (single edit) Prince Sign o' the Times 3:43 16. ' Prince (1990) 3:20 17. ' (single edit; performed by Prince and ) Prince (1991) 4:20 18. ' (performed by Prince and The New Power Generation).

Prince. Dirty Mind 3:49 3. ' (single edit) Prince Prince 2:58 4. 'Head' Prince Dirty Mind 4:43 5. ' (single edit) Prince Controversy 3:57 6.

' (single edit; performed by Prince and The Revolution) Prince 1999 2:39 7. ' (performed by Prince and The Revolution) Prince 1999 4:56 8. ' (single edit; performed by Prince and The Revolution) Prince Purple Rain 2:56 9.

' (performed by Prince and The Revolution) Prince Around the World in a Day 3:32 10. ' (single edit; performed by Prince and The Revolution) Prince Sign o' the Times 3:46 11. ' (single edit; performed by Prince and The Revolution) Prince (1986) 3:46 12.

' Prince Previously unreleased 3:48 13. ' (featuring ) Prince Sign o' the Times 3:47 14. ' (performed by Prince and The New Power Generation). Prince. Love Symbol Album 5:26 15.

' (performed by Prince and The New Power Generation) Prince Diamonds and Pearls 4:30 16. ' (performed by Prince and The New Power Generation) Prince Diamonds and Pearls 4:13 17. ' (featuring Mayte) Prince Previously unreleased 3:28 18. ' (performed by Prince and The Revolution) Prince Purple Rain 8:40 Disc three: The B-Sides No. Title Writer(s) A-side Length 1.

'Hello' (performed by Prince and The Revolution) Prince 'Pop Life' (1985) 3:24 2. '200 Balloons' Prince ' (1989) 5:06 3. 'Escape' Prince ' (1988) 3:30 4. ' Prince Non-album single (1981), later released as a B-side of ' (1982) 2:55 5. 'Horny Toad' Prince ' (1983) 2:12 6.

'Feel U Up' Prince ' (1989) 3:44 7. 'Girl' (performed by Prince and The Revolution). 'The Definitive Guide to Dance-Rock'.

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